September 4, 1946

Susie, fl. 1944

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ruth Buettner

One letter addressed to Ruth Buettner from W.S. Cisco dated September 4, 1946.

GLC10005.20

December 11, 1965

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1873-1942

Typed letter signed

Title: to R.P. Wunder

One letter addressed to R.P. Wunder from Karl H. Gruppe dated December 11, 1965. Inquires if the Smithsonian would be interested in acquiring additional items that originally belonged to John Q.A. Ward.

GLC06343.372

March 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 19, 1865. Pertains to life while stationed in Virginia. Provides details of gunners and artillery men.

GLC06734.022

March 21, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 21, 1865. Provides details while camped out in a ravine of brief battle skirmishes. Also notes of two women who rode past on horseback.

GLC06734.023

March 22, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 22, 1865.

GLC06734.024

March 23, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 23, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military.

GLC06734.025

March 24, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Mentions the weather.

GLC06734.026

March 24, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Letter continues on March 26.

GLC06734.027

March 26, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 26, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Mentions that hospitals are currently full and that their tent is built upon the ruins of a town.

GLC06734.028

1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virignia in the military. Mentions the living quarters of enslaved people.

GLC06734.029

March 28, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 28, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions his indifference to violence and danger at times.

GLC06734.030

March 29, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 29, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military and finances.

GLC06734.031

March 30, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 30, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions their recent marching orders and how is sleep has been poor.

GLC06734.032

March 31, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 31, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions that he has been sleeping better.

GLC06734.033

April 1, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 1, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions seeing a train car full of Confederate prisoners.

GLC06734.034

April 5, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated April 5, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions that he was assigned to patrol as a city guard.

GLC06734.035

April 6, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 6, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions that he is currently waiting at a railroad crossing. Describes the living quarters of enslaved people as "miserable." Also provides updates of nearby news of the towns they pass through.

GLC06734.036

April 7, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 7, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions the weather and the determination to "capture" Robert E. Lee's forces.

GLC06734.037

April 8, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 8, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions "long trains of army wagons," which contain prisoners of wars, enslaved people held as contraband. Also notes that he has seen many African Americans travelling to Petersburg seeking emancipation.

GLC06734.038

April 17, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 17, 1865. Pertains to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

GLC06734.039

April 18, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 18, 1865. Pertains to travelling through battlegrounds that are strewn with corpses.

GLC06734.040

April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.

GLC06734.041

April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to his reflections on abolition and emancipation.

GLC06734.042

April 19, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 19, 1865. Pertains to his general mood and receiving letters from her.

GLC06734.043

April 21, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 21, 1865. Pertains to sleeping on the streets of Petersburg since he got lost on his visit there.

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